Ridiculous KJV Bible Corrections:Isaiah 33:22

by John Hinton, Ph.D.
jhinton@post.harvard.edu

Isaiah 33:22 KJV "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is
our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us."

This verse is rarely messed with by modern versions,
but it is striking that it is the RSV and NRSV that
botch this verse by changing lawgiver to ruler (the
CEV incompetents probably copied off of the RSV).

RSV and NRSV For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is
our ruler, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

CEV: The LORD is our judge and our ruler; the LORD is
our king and will keep us safe.

God is certainly our ruler, but this is not what the
Hebrew states in this passage. This is a "correction"
that saps much of the essence from the verse, as well
as its connection with history. Not only does it
remove the important mention of God being the source
of our laws, this verse has historic significance. It
was the one that inspired the founding fathers of our
country to divide power into three branches of
government, the judicial, legislative, and executive.
What the RSV has done is that they have hidden this
inspiration. If this version, which comes from the
wicked socialist World Council of Churches, the
organization that has supported the murder of
Christians worldwide by socialist tyrants, had been
around in the 18th century instead of the KJV, we
would have been robbed of this inspiration for a
balance of power (not that it exists any more anyway).
Ruler and king are two words for the same concept. The
Hebrew word that they have translated as "ruler" is
khaqaq. This word could be said to mean ruler by
extension, but lawgiver is clearly its primary
meaning, and examples of it being used as a synonym of
melek are unknown. Derivatives of the root mean to
establish, decree, appoint, law, legal, and so forth.
Treating it as a synonym of melek (king) is bad
translating, and above all, it is evidence that the
WCC and NCC socialist supporters of abortion, mass
murder and sexual perversion are anything but
inspired.

The preceeding is part of a series of examples of KJV verses that arrogant would-be scholars have tried to correct and showed themselves to be fools. These examples are for the benefit of those who would like more ammunition to defend God's Word against the attacks of the arrogant Bible "correcting" modernists. I hope that some of you find them useful.

Your servant in Christ,
John Hinton, Ph.D.
Bible Restoration Ministry
A ministry seeking the translating and reprinting of KJV equivalent Bibles in all the languages of the world.